20130275578 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION FOR OPTIMIZING NETWORK UTILIZATION - An apparatus is configured to receive at a time a datum associated with use of a network by a set of compute devices using the network. The apparatus is also configured to calculate at least one threshold value based, at least in part, on the datum and a bandwidth capacity of the network at the time. The apparatus is also configured to receive a usage value associated with bandwidth use of a compute device from the set of compute devices and associated with a time period immediately preceding the time. The apparatus is further configured to compare the usage value with the at least one threshold value to determine a usage category associated with the compute device. The apparatus is configured to limit bandwidth use of the network for the compute device based on the usage category. | 10-17-2013 |